Scope and Contents A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company. The numbering used in the catalogue reflects Stephenson's own numbering. The scenes cover: Northern Rhodesia [i.e. Zambia], including Victoria Falls and the Tanganyika Plateau; Southern Rhodesia [i.e....

Scope and Contents Marion was a talented artist and accompanied her husband to the Australian conference of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1914, painting a 'Colour Diary' of 160 watercolours recording their destinations on the four month voyage (during which time the First World War broke out). Includes photographic portrait of Marion, 1923, and watercolours of the following (various views of each and others included, plus several sunsets and sea views): Plymouth; Tenerife; Cape...

Scope and Contents Includes: portrait photographs of Marion as a younger and older woman (one with the following information on the back: "Hon. Secretary of the Cambridge Tipperary Club - with 800 members, one of the largest in the country... A nursery is attached, a Library and various entertainments arranged. Chairman of the Communal Kitchen Committee and serving on the committees of various other war activities.") Other photographs show Marion sketching in a variety of locations (including on Paris Plage...

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Comprising sketchbooks with pencil, ink and watercolour sketches of geological features.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.